Protector for hat-pins and the like.



A. KEMIHJ PROTEUTDR FOB HAT PINS AND THE LIKE. I urmommn FILED 0012211, 1909.

982,829. Patented 31; 1911.

WITNESSES; INVENZOR i flaw I I I- 4 BY 1 AT RNE'YI tectors for Hat-Pins and the tightly in the stem and the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Aninnr REM-18H, or comma, oN'rAmo, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pat nted Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed ember 2a, 1909. Serial No. 525,326.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Annnn'r Kerr -s11, of the cityof Toronto, county of York, 1rovince of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pro- Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices which may be applied'to the points of hat pins to sheath the same in such a manner as to pro vent the possibility of their causing any injury to the wearer or others, and my object is to devise a protectorfwhich will be cheap to manufacture, easily applied to the pin, perfectly secure when in place, and which lends itself readily to the application of anyornamental finish.

I'attain my object by forming a head with a suitable stem to which is secured Jone end of a short coil spring havingan inner diameter slightly less than the diameter- 0f t-heshank of the pin. The spring is preferably a elose, cylindrical coil and the stem is preferably formed as a sleeve to receive the fixed end of the coil. The head/itself may be set with a gem, artificial or ama-a1 or otherwise ornamented. I

Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing iny prhtector applied to the point oi: Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sec In. the drawings like letters of letereiice cable not only to the protection of hat pins but also to the A is a hat pin to which the protiector is tpins to prevent their displacement and loss.

indicate corresponding parts of tlieiili-fl'erhnt figures.

shown as applied.

The protect-or itself comprisesa head B,

stern C and coil spring D. The stem G is preferably 'frmed integral with the head and is preferably hollow, as shown part-low larly in Figs. 2 and 4: The coil springD is preferably cylindrical and is also preferably fori'ned with a close coil. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and-l the spring isshown' as inserted in the stem 0.

latter is preferably threaded so that the coil spring may be screwed into place. Solder. may be can ployed to prevent the possibility of the unscrewing of the spring of the stem. If a I tion' the protector as applied to the pointct a The spring tits plied to the point of the .the stem comprising a head;

solidstem be employed, as shown in Fig. 3, will preferably be externally threaded to engage the coils of the spring. The internal diameter of the coil will be slightly less than the diameter of the shank of the hat From this construction it follows that if the tapering point of t hat pin be inserted within the free end of the coil spring B and screwed therein the protector will be given such a secure gnp upon the pm that 1t cannot be dislodged by any pull or knock to which itmay be subjected to when in use. Indeed theprotector will grip the pin so firmly that a very strong pull is needed to disengage it, unless atthe same time an unscrewing movement be imparted thereto. As the wedging in to the coil of the tapering point of the pin-tends to spread the coils it is desirable that the part 0 the spring entered in the point'of the pin shall be entirely unconfined, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A sleeveE may, however, be formed on the stud C, as shown in Fig. 4, p ovided the sleeve does not closely embrace t e coil. To increase the grip of the spring upon the in, the coils of the former maybe so shape in c'rossdsectiou as to present a helical angular edge to engage with the pin.

As shown in Fig. '1 the head B may be ornamented tocorrespond with the head of the hat pin, dr otherwise.

While I have shown the protector as ap the pm he very slightly in excess of the internal diameter of the coil the protector ma 7 be screwed fart-her up on the still hold its position.' This makes it appli- (if the points .=securihg of tie It will be seen that the protector as described is very simply and cheaply constructed. It will perfectly protect thepoint of the pin and incidentally also prevent the possibility of the latter becoming dislodged or lost.

What I claim as'my invention is:

1. A protector for hat pins and the like, "a hollow interiorly screw threaded stem on said head; a cylindrical coil spring having one end screwed into said stem, and a sleeve integral with said stem loosely-inclosing said spring.

2. A protect r for hat pins and the like, comprising a head and pin if the shank of pin to which it is to be applied.

pin; and w'i 1" a cylindrical coil spring secured by one end. to the head, the wire of thespring being shaped in cross the ire of the spring being; shaped in cross seetiml in .fomn a helical angula rzedge with the coil.

section to forn'i a helical angular edge Within in the coil. I

' Toronto, this 5th day of Oct. 1909 L A protector for hat pins and the like w v H V comprising' $116361; 'h'ollow stein 011 I: K

head; a cylindrical coil spring secuied *ait- Signed in the-presence rjf one end in said stem, and a sleeve integral JQEDW. MAYREE,

with said stem loosely inclosing said sprmg, l F. Me-K NDnmK. 

